Pasquale J. (Pat) D'Amuro
is an American
terrorism authority, former intelligence agent and television analyst. In a career of 26 years he rose to the third position of the
FBI. Since then he continues his career in business and education.

After the attacks of September 11, D'Amuro was appointed assistant director of the counterterrorism division of the FBI. Here he led thousands of agents and implemented policy that resulted in a better exchange of data between the FBI,
CIA, the
Department of Homeland Security, and the
Department of Defense. He also ordered the composition of a centralized
Terrorism Watch List
that combined all the former registers into a single and comprehensive database.

In August 2003 he was promoted to director of the office of New York, which is the largest office with the highest profile. At this stage he went out to give public lectures regularly on the changes that had been effectuated at the bureau since September 11. In March 2005 he left the FBI after a service of 26 years.